Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has invited Vice President Kamala Harris to meet with him following ongoing controversy over a black history curriculum approved by the Florida Department of Education.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to a critique from Republican primary rival Sen. Tim Scott (SC) on Friday over Florida’s newly approved curriculum for black history, explaining that his administration will continue to debunk the lies perpetrated by the left.
“There is no silver lining” in slavery, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said on Thursday in reaction to Florida’s new African American history curriculum, which states that “instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Controversy over new standards approved by Florida education officials for black history is engulfing the DeSantis campaign after Gov. Ron DeSantis attempted to clarify details of the new curriculum approved, including the inclusion that slaves gained skills “which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
The Florida College Board is accusing the state’s Department of Education of “slander” after initially agreeing to revise the controversial high school Advanced Placement (AP) course for African American Studies, asserting that it was slanderous for the department to assert that the woke course “lacks educational value.”
Students should be encouraged to learn more about African-American history, but they need to grasp basic U.S. history first.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday defended the Florida Department of Education’s rejection of an AP African American Studies course over content, noting that it contains sections on intersectionality, abolishing prisons, and “queer theory.”
University of Oklahoma Professor Dr. Karlos Hill has defended the rioting in response to the death of George Floyd. Hill asks the question, “Where is there space for black rage?”
An African American politics course at Syracuse University requires that students read leftist filmmaker Michael Moore’s book Stupid White Men.
Harvard University is planning to honor the former NFL quarterback turned anthem-kneeling activist Colin Kaepernick with a medal next month.
